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Plans and prices

From RuboCop's own pricing page, checked 10 Oct 2001.

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PlanPriceWhat it gives you
RuboCopFreeFree software; Ruby code analysis and formatting

The facts

Each one read from RuboCop's own pages, with the date it was checked.

What it does

Autocorrection
RuboCop can automatically fix many reported problems, with separate options for safe and potentially behavior-changing corrections.checked 10 Oct 2001
Checks
Its cops check for bugs, style, layout, naming, complexity, and security issues.checked 10 Oct 2001
CI and code scanning
GitHub-formatted output can annotate pull requests, SARIF can feed code scanning, and JUnit output can be used by CI.checked 10 Oct 2001
Coding agents
RuboCop supports inspection and autocorrection for coding agents over the Model Context Protocol.checked 10 Oct 2001
Customization
Teams can configure cop styles in a .rubocop.yml file and inherit settings from a shared configuration.checked 10 Oct 2001
Editors
The built-in language server provides offenses while typing and format-on-save in VS Code, RubyMine, Emacs, Neovim, Helix, and Zed.checked 10 Oct 2001
Existing codebases
The --auto-gen-config command records existing offenses in .rubocop_todo.yml so teams can address legacy issues over time.checked 10 Oct 2001
History
The homepage says RuboCop began in April 2012 and identifies Bozhidar Batsov as its originator.checked 10 Oct 2001
Installation
RuboCop can be installed with gem install rubocop or added to a Bundler Gemfile as a standalone tool.checked 10 Oct 2001
Maintainers
The homepage describes RuboCop as free and maintained by a small core team of volunteers with help from thousands of contributors.checked 10 Oct 2001
Plugins
Plugins extend RuboCop for frameworks and libraries, and the project lists maintained plugins for Rails, RSpec, Minitest, Capybara, and others.checked 10 Oct 2001
Purpose
RuboCop is a Ruby static code analyzer and formatter based on the community Ruby Style Guide.checked 10 Oct 2001
Runtime support
The repository README says RuboCop officially supports MRI Ruby 2.7 and later and JRuby 9.4 and later, and targets Ruby 2.0 and later for code analysis.checked 10 Oct 2001
Security disclosure
The project repository links to a security policy, but the opened pages do not state a security certification or compliance standard.checked 10 Oct 2001
Selective inspection
The --changed option limits inspection to files that Git reports as changed.checked 10 Oct 2001

The company

Founded
2012checked 28 Sep 2001

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